Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28725, Pelatiah Fenderson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Fenderson, Pelatiah
S. 28725
CONTENTS

Maine
Deliah Fenderson
of Scarborough in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hartun of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson in the Maine L te line, for the term of 3 Years from May 1778 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eighty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Augus- 1832 and sent to John Muller Portland Maine
the Roll on day of 182 and notification sent to at Pension commencing on the of 182
Amount due on 4th of Mar 1832 $ 80 Levi Samuelson  4 Reps $ 40 $120
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
June 1832
Records Book 2 Vol 1 Page 58

N 161. Pelatiah Fenderson
Copy
1 H. 252
March 1820
not entitled
W. D. BRIGGS
Respectfully, the undersigned, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the within copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof.
In witness whereof, the said Clerk has hereunto set his hand and the seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W. D. BRIGGS Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland . . . within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourteenth day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this fourteenth . . . day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Pelatiah Fenderson . . . aged sixty one . . . years, resident in Scarborough in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Hastings . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 28 th . . . day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14,252 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Pelatiah Fenderson
Sworn to and declared, on the fourteenth day of June . A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — 86 1/2 acres of land in Scarsborough 11 1/2 acres which is barren heath — a small house and barn on said land —
Personal estate — one small yoke of cattle — three cows — six sheep — three swine — I have a very few articles of old stuff in the house necessary for cooking & very old — I have no income, and am justly owing four hundred and fifty dollars
Pelatiah Fenderson
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Barris
U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Pelatiah Fenderson . . . who, by occupation am a Farmer . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and a wound by a shot through my thigh at the battle at Elizabeth Town
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife, Hannah. 50 in a poor state of health, on account of dropsy   sons { John . . . . 17 able to work   { Benjamin . . . 11 able to do housework   { Mary — 13  
Pelatiah Fenderson
Sworn to
Before
Albion H. Barris
U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is three hundred, ninety nine dollars and twenty five . . cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr # # 3 #
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$399.25

(Copy) Know all men by these Presents I John Fenderson of Scarboro in consideration of a deed given to me this day by my Father Pelatiah Fenderson and one dollar in cash the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have demised, granted, and leased, and do hereby demise, grant, and lease unto the said Pelatiah the farm wherein he now lives in Scarboro aforesaid, and two other lots of land lot by him of Southgate & Andrews; Also a pew in the gallery of the Meeting House of the Second Parish No 41, being all the same property and real estate which the said Pelatiah hath conveyed to me by deed of even date herewith, reference thereto to be had, with all the buildings thereon standing.
To have and to hold the aforesaid premises to him the said Pelatiah for and during the term of his natural life.
In witness whereof, I the said John Fenderson have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
In presence of (Signed) John Fenderson (Subscribed) E. Bodin E. Emery

(copy) This Indenture made this second day of October A.D. 1826 by and between John Fenderson of the one part, (and Pelatiah Fenderson of the other part Witnesseth.
That the said John Fenderson for the consideration hereinafter expressed as well as a certain deed and lease of even date herewith covenants and agrees with the said Pelatiah Fenderson to carry on and improve the Homestead farm in Scarboro on which the said Pelatiah now lives, consisting of three lots of land that day deeded by him to the said John, and by the said John leased to him for life. To deliver to the said Pel- atiah, each and every year, one half of the produce of said farm, and one half of the increase of the stock on the same. To deliver to the said Pelatiah one half of the proceeds of all the timber and wood that he may cut on the same and sell. To cut on the lands aforesaid and haul to the dwelling house on the farm for the use of the said Pelatiah, fuel suitable and sufficient, and to cut and split the same for the fire. To permit the said Pelatiah to have the use of a horse, chaise, and sleigh, which the said John agrees to keep on the place. To carry his corn and grain to mill to be ground and bolted, and to bring the meal, flour, and bran back to the said Pelatiah as he shall request.
And the said Pelatiah covenants & agrees with the said John, in consideration of the above, that the said John shall have and retain, as his own property, one half of all the yearly produce of the farm, that he shall manage and carry

on the farm as he shall think proper, and cut wood and timber on the lands at his plea- sure upon the terms aforesaid. That he shall have and retain one half of the increase of the stock aforesaid. That he shall have the use of one half of the house and barn on the place, and the entire use of all the farming utensils now belonging to the said Pelatiah.
In testimony whereof We the parties aforesaid have hereunto interchangably set our hands and seals the day and year aforesaid
In presence of
(Signed) Pelatiah Fenderson
(L.S.)
(Signed) E. Boston M. Emery
(L.S.)

placed on roll Sept. 7. 1819 & dropt. - Cannot be restored. See letter to W. T. Vaughan, May 30. 1829.

28 725 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28 725
Nataniel Henderson
Rev Rev War
Act: 7 th June 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

14.252 R
District of Maine
Pelatiah Fenderson
of Scarborough in the state of Me who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Mapadusick line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sep. 1819 and sent to Albion  H. Parrish Paris  District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep. 1819  129.85    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Mar. 1820  48.00    16 Mo. 2/30   $177.85  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled -
Verification and the 3rd July 1820, to show Mrs. Fenderson's right on the Maine

Pelatiah Fenderson Private H. Jackson's Mass ts Reg t March 15 th 1780 to June 8 th 1783
Admitted April 28, 1818
Secretary Bradford's certificate does not agree with the Declaration, as to the time of the service - and Major Prescott does not state when or how long the applicant served.
vide additional declaration on 3 d page

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, April 2 d . 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Pelatiah Fancerson served as a Soldier in Capt. Hasting's Company, and Col. H. Jackson's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from March 1 st 1778 to Decr. 31 1780 , being two years and ten months . He was a three years man - but our books are out of a later date than Decr. 1780
Abdiah Bradford Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
dated at Lubec this 17 day of April 1819
circumstance in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albin H. Parris

To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge of the United States for Maine District.
Petition Henderson
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
of Scarborough in said Maine District,
that he served as a private in the war of the revolution three Years on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Scarborough aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private to Capt Hartley Company of the H Jackson Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 15 th day of
These are to certify that Petatiah Henderson of Scarboro in the State of Massachusetts was a Soldier in the Sixteenth Massachusetts Regiment in the revolutionary war, which Regiment was incorporated into the ninth Regiment, January First. 1781, that the said Petatiah Henderson served as a Soldier in said Regiments three years, that I was a Major in the said Sixteenth Regiment and afterwards in the said ninth, that I have a perfect recollection of the said Petatiah Henderson and his services -
Samuel Prescott
dated at Lubec this 17 day of April 1819
circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albion K. Parris

To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, District Judge of the United States for Maine District.
Peletiah Fenderson
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS.... of Scarborough in said Maine District,
that he served as a private in the war of the revolution thine Years on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Scarborough aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private to Capt Hasty Company of the H Jackson Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the 15 th day of March one thousand seven hundred and Eighty and that he left said service on or about the 8 th day of June one thousand seven hundred and Eighty Three . Discharged at West Point by Major Truscot which discharge he has since lost. That he is sixty two Years of age
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Peletiah Fenderson
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, ALBION K. PARRIS, District Judge of the United States for the Maine District, Peletiah Fenderson the above named appli- cant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Peletiah Fenderson farther offered in evidence the affidavits of Thomas Libby and James Small, taken and sworn to before me
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Peletiah Fenderson served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for the Maine District, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Albion K. Parris

Personally appeared Thomas Libby & made oath that he was well acquainted with Patrick Henderson in the Revolutionary Army for about one Year. But was discharged before his time was out. But I have heard that he served till June 1783 — I believe that his affidavit is just & true
Thomas Libby
Personally appeared James Small & made oath that he was well acquainted with Patrick Henderson in the Revolutionary War & will know that the affidavit by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts James Small
Sworn to
Before
Albin H. Parris, U. S. Dist. Judge
Thomas Libby and James Small are credible witnesses
Albin H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

I, Peliah Fenderson, within named on oath declare in addition to my former statements, that in consequence of the length of time since the revolutionary war, I had forgotten the years in which I served and mis-stated them in the annual application
I have since making said application by comparing dates become perfectly certain that I signed the enlistments for the first three years service about the 25. of December 1777 but as I understood the three years was not to commence until the first of January A.D. 1778, that as soon as a sufficient number were collected we were marched to Cambridge where we arrived some time in the month of March A.D. 1778. I was in Capt. Hasting's company, in Col. Henry Jackson's regiment and continued in the service until the 4 th day of January A.D. 1781 the regiment was, the 16. in the Massachusetts line until four days before I was discharged when it was incorporated with the ninth.
During my service I was stationed at Fitchburg and White Plains and West-point, and at Morristown and was wounded in an engagement near Elizabethtown in New Jersey.
Peliah Fenderson
Sworn to and subscribed August, 2. 1819 - Before
Albion H. Parrie, U.S. Dist. Judge

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Cumberland ss.
ON THIS fourteenth day of March 1829 in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas, begun & held at Portland within and for the County of Cumberland on the first Tuesday of March A. D. 1829 Present the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, Chief Justice of said Court; said Court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said County, personally appeared Peletiah Fenderson of Scarborough resident in the County of Cumberland aged seventy two years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820:—That he, the said Peletiah Fenderson enlisted for the term of three years as a private on the first day of January in the year 1778 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain James Hastings in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment ; that he continued to serve in said Corps until the fourth day of January 1781 when he was discharged from the said service, in West Point in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Peletiah Fenderson
Sworn to and declared on this fourteenth day of March 1829. Before E. Whitman
Property $ 75.00 He served as declared E. W.

SCHEDULE OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE (NECESSARY CLOTHING AND BEDDING EXCEPTED,) BELONGING TO THE SUBSCRIBER, viz. :
1 old Clock 1 Yoke of Oxen, an old Sleigh & Harness 1 very old Bureau - 6 old Chairs - 2 old Chests and a little old kitchen furniture
SCHEDULE OF THE FAMILY RESIDING WITH ME, Peletiah Fenderson who is by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. CAPACITY OF EACH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SUPPORT.     Peletiah Fenderson 72 years able to labour but little   Hannah Fenderson - - - - - sick most of the time & unable to labour   Mary Fenderson 24 years Enjoys good health & able to assist her parents by her labour  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. on the second day of October A.D. 1826. being infirm and unable to carry on my farm, I deeded all my real estate to my son John Fenderson, taking from him the bond hereto annexed, for my maintenance, a life lease for the same real estate, which is also annexed, and a note of hand for $300. payable to my daughter Mary at my decease, as the consideration of said Deed my son soon after put his said Deed on records in the Registry of deeds in said County of Cumberland, and mortgaged the said real estate together with some of his own to Franklin Tinkham, Merchant of Portland for over $1000. and afterwards by a second mortgage conveyed his right of redemption to John Johnson of Saco for about $700. before I had put my said lease on record: whereby my said lease became invalid and useless. I had depended on my said son to carry to the Registry my said lease when he went to have his deed put on record, he had agreed to do it, but he did not; nor did I know that he had put his deed on Record, or of his having mortgaged the real estate away, until the said Johnson who had got an assignment of the first Mortgage, came & took possession of the place. My said son, instead of carrying on the place himself, having mortgaged the real estate as aforesaid as security for goods he purchased, engaged in the retailing business in the town of Saco, was unfortunate, failed in business, and is now totally unable to redeem said real estate, or fulfill his said bond to me. said real estate would not sell for enough to pay off said mortgages: the little personal estate property which I had, other than the above at the time of exhibiting my first schedule, I have been obliged to sell to pay a debt I owed Dr Bacon, of fifty one dollars for attending my family as Physician; a debt due to Judge Southgate of about twenty dollars; and a debt due from me to Nehemiah Libby of about thirty one dollars.
Peletiah Fenderson

SWORN to and declared, on the fourteenth day of March 1829 before
Ezekiel Whitman
I, Levi D. Vaughan Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Peletiah Henderson did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental Establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is seventy five dollars and cents .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of March A. D. 1829
Levi D. Vaughan { CLERK OF THE Judicial courts for the County of Cumberland

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Portland D.M. at the Cumberland
Bank
CD
Ben D. Wood

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Pelatiah Fenderson late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Twentyeight day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of September one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
Robert Brown
Secretary of War.

Petition Henderson application for a pension
Aug. 1832
Respectfully
P.O.
$60 per ann-
383
Page 5-8

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the HONORABLE ASHUR WARE , Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Petahiah Henderson a resident of Scarborough in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the Department of War for Maine Agency, and a pension certificate was granted to him on his application made on the 28th day of April 1818. That his name has been stricken from the pension roll on account of his property. That he served in the company commanded by Capt. Hastings, Col. Jacksons Regt. Massachusetts line in the Continental establishment. (That for original pension certificate was lost and he was not entitled to the same) That he resides in Scarborough, and that he resided there when he made his first application for a pension in April 1818.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine .
Petahiah Henderson
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before.
Asher Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nufsey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this third day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nufsey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Joseph Fogg et al
Application of Pelatiah Fenderson for Pension
Museum Office 23 rd May 1829.

Pension Office 23 rd May 1829.
Application of Select Committee for Pension
with Hogg etc

We the subscribers do certify that we well know William Fenderson of Scarborough that he has no property or any possible means to support himself & family to our knowledge except the labors of his old hands
Joseph Fogg Selectmen John M c Kenney of Scarborough
Cumberland, February 16 th 1829
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Fogg and John M c Kenney whom I certify to be respectable credible witnesses & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration
Before me Horatio Southgate Justice

Registry of Deeds, Cumberland County
I Samuel Small Register of Deeds within and for said County of Cumberland do hereby certify that it appears by the records of said County, that a Warranty Deed from Petetiah Henderson of certain real Estate being the farm whereon the said Petetiah then lived in Scarborough; dated October 2 nd A.D. 1826 given to his son John Henderson & witnessed by and acknowledged before Moses Emery, and was received at this Office on the 28 th day of December A.D. 1826 and recorded Book 106 page 354. Also that a deed of the same real Estate given by said John Henderson to Franklin Sinkham of Portland, Consideration $1000.00 was received at this office on the 15 day of January A.D. 1827 and recorded in Book 106 page 388 said deed dated Dec r 30 th A.D. 1826. Also that a certain Bond from said Sinkham to said John Henderson, obligating himself and heirs & c. to reconvey said premises to said Henderson on payment of certain sums of money, was received at this office on the day of the date thereof being the 30 day of Dec r A.D. 1826 and recorded Book 107 Page 408. Also that a Warranty deed of the same premises given by said John Henderson to John Johnson & subject to the previous incumbrance. Consideration $500.00 was received at this office on the 9 th day of July A.D. 1827 and recorded Book 106 Page 650. I further certify that it does not appear by the records in this Office that said Petetiah Henderson has any interest in said premises whatever. Portland May 16 th 1829 Attest, Samuel Small, Register.
State of Maine
Cumberland ss.
I William T Vaughan, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland, do certify, that Samuel Small, whose signature is set to above certificate is the Register of Deeds for said County, duly chosen for that Office, & that he has given the bond & been sworn in open Court for the faithful discharge of the duties of said Office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County, this sixteenth day May A.D. 1829.
W m T Vaughan

I Moses Emery of Scars in the County of York and State of Maine do testify that on the second day of October A.D. 1825. Mr. Pelatiah Fenderson of Scarsboro with his son John Fenderson called on me for Adam. The old gentleman stating that he had got to be in years and unable to carry on his farm and take care of himself and his aged wife, and saying he had concluded to give his son John his property to maintain them. I then wrote a Warranty deed of the said Pelatiah's real estate to his son John Fenderson - a lease from the said John to the said Pelatiah of which the annexed is a true copy, and also the bond or indenture of which the annexed is a true copy - which said deed, lease & bond were duly executed and delivered in my presence - I further say that I am well acquainted with the said Pelatiah Fenderson and have no doubt that his statement of the changes of the changes made in his property since the exhibition of his first Schedule, which statement was sworn to before E. Whitman, of the days of the Court of Common Pleas, on the 14 th day of March A.D. 1829 and which I have seen & examined, was strictly true.
M. Emery
Scars Maine.
York Co. April 20. 1829. Then personally appeared Moses Emery above named and made known on the that the above declaration by him signed was true. Before me J. H. Pillsbury Justice of the peace and Attorney of the United States for Maine District.